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l. A. BRAGAW.

Cork-Screws. N0 \49,983, Patented April 21,1874.

JOHN A. BRAGAW', OF KINGSTON, NEV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CGRKf-SCREWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. ALQSS, dated April 21,1374; application filed March l0, 1874.

To all @chem it 12mg/ concern Be it known that I, J OHN A. BRAGAW, ofKingston, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, have inventedan Improved Cork-Screw, of which the following is a speciication: Y

The case of this corkscrew consists of two shells, one of which slidesou the other, and has the screw fastened within it in such in auner thatit may turn within a nut on the end of the inner shell when the outershell is worked on it. A spring fitting between the ends of the twoshells forces the outer one back after the article is used, so that thescrew is drawn within the inner shell, and is thereby shielded so thatit may be carried in the pocket. To draw a cork with this improvedcork-screw a pair of handles on the inner shell are grasped to keep itfrom turning, and the upper shell is pushed down so as to force thcscrew through the nut into the cork. A simple pull will then remove thecork. Afterward the handles are grasped in one hand, while the outershell is held inv the other, and then a pull draws the screw through thenut within the shells composing its case, and thereby strips off thecork.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure lis a side view of the improvedcork-screw, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

A and B are two telescopic shells, composing the case or handle of theimplement. The screw O has its shank fastened inside the head of theouter shell A by means of a pin, a, passing through it and entering anannular groove in the side of the scrcwshank. The screw itself worksthrough a nut, D, arranged at the end of the inner shell, and a spiralspring, which c surrounds the shank of the screw, forces the two shellsapart, so that the screw is drawn wit-hin them, and thereby is preventedfrom doing injury when carried in the pocket. On the outside ofthe innershell,

a short distance from its outer end, there are two handles, G G, and inthe adjacent edges of the outer shell are twovnotches, I I, whichaccommodate these arms when the outer shell is forced down on the otherin the operation of the cork-screw.

To draw a cork with this implement, the handles G G are grasped by thelingers, and the tip of the screw is placed on the cork. Then the outershell is forced down by the palm of the hand to cause the screw to workthrough the lint, and by the rotary motion therebyimparted toit toenterthe cork. When the screw is iu place a pull on the handles,

while the outer shell is still held down, will l withdraw the cork. Toremove the cork from the screw the outer shell is held in one hand andthe handles are pulled away from it to draw the screw within the innershell, and the cork being thereby pulled against the nut is held fromturning, so that the turning of the screw, caused by the nut, unscrewsit from the cork, and then, as the shell covers the screw, it shields itand prevents it from occasioning` injury to the pocket, or other placewhere it is put.

The handles G G are arranged some distance above the outer end of theshell B, to afford room to the iingers between them, and the cork andthe notches are provided in the outer shell to allow the screw enoughlongitudinal motion to enter the largest cork.

lVhat I claim as my invention is In combination with the outer shell A,having the notches I, xed screw C, and spring arranged around saidscrew, the inner sliding shell I5, having the lateral handles G, and nutD at its lower end, all being constructed to operate substantially asand for the purpose described.

J. A. BRAGAW YVitnesses HENRY T. BROWN, MICHAEL RYAN.

